damage done to people and ideas. the wagner group mercenary fighters pulled out from the southwestern russian city which they basically took over as well as other locations that they reached including points closer to moscow. they are now headed back to their base camp in ukraine, with , it is said, their boss, pr ogosia. it has wees anger with the russian military and running of the war in ukraine that triggered this attempted upris ing as the symbols of russian power only to be diffused at the last minute in a deal brokered by belarus president with the agreement of russian president putin that saw all pretty much get off the hook for this attempted insurrection but he is being sent in exile to belarus. it s reported to the that u.s. intelligence was aware that something like this was going to happen especially as we kept a close eye on russia s nuclear arms. they wanted to keep an arms length so moscow would not accuse washington of meddling in russian internal affairs and
holmes. questions and uncertainty hanging over russia this hour after an armed insurrection over the weekend rattled the country and its leader exposing what some call cracks in putin s 23-year rule. the wagner group marched towards moscow, and the whereabouts of the wagner group, prigozhin, is now unknown. he told cnn he will answer questions when he has, quote, proper communication. one thing is clear. the insurrection marks the most serious threat to putin s rule. some do not think the turmoil is over. it s too soon to tell where this is going to go, and i think this is a moving picture and we have not seen the last act yet. what we have seen is extraordinary, and you have seen cracks emerge that were not there before. experts are warning the rare mutiny by prigozhin could have consequences down the line. so much is still uncertain. cnn s matthew chance reports from moscow. reporter: from the kremlin, these are some of the most disturbing scenes after a weekend of sh
hi there, everyone. i m nicole wallace, thanks for being here with us. we ve got a lot of places you get your news today, we re glad you re joining us. four pm in the east, it s 11 pm in moscow. we re following breaking news this hour, with the latest on the revolt unfolding in russia. and we see news is confirming, yevgeny prigozhin is the head of the wagner group, which is a private mercenary army in russia, that s done a lot of the fighting in the war in ukraine. he has called for his moscow bound convoy to stand down for now. that s only after advancing to within 120 miles of the city of moscow. in the biggest threat to russian president vladimir putin s grip on power that we ve ever seen. prigozhin sent a voice note, signaling that the forces would stand down, saying the group understands, quote, the responsibility for spilling russian blood on one of the sides. we are turning back our convoys, and going back to field camps, according to the plan. this comes just hours a
hours. fox news senior correspondent, all over this, live in kyiv. greg, it dizzying. what s the latest? it s an incredible last 24 hours. it looks like we are back from the brink of this drama in the country next door to us as we stand here in kyiv. it looks like a lot of damage. twenty-three years in office, attempted coup and armed uprising. the man responsible, mercenary chief yevgeny prigozhin fighting about the war about the russian military leadership, about his conduct and then pulling fighters out of ukraine into the russian city and they took over the city. forces towards moscow with 120 miles of the capital in the kremlin raising for an attack. vladimir putin branding actions, it reportedly took belarus president alexander acting with authority of putin speaking to change things. the chief agreed to pull forces back in exchange for security. he later confirmed he ordered fighters to returned to field camps including those hold up in the russian city. overall, it
hello welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m max foster in london. we begin this morning with the weekend rebellion inside russia led by the wagner group of mercenary fighters. its chief yevgeny prigozhin ordered his troops to march towards moscow to seek revenge after accusing the military leadership of killing his forces and claiming to seize military sites in two russian cities and then claim within 125 miles of the capital but the insurrection came to an abrupt end when prigozhin said a deal was struck to avoid bloodshed. the kremlin said criminal charges against prigozhin will be dropped and he ll go in exile in belarus. but prigozhin himself hasn t confirmed any of that detail and russian state media report this morning that prigozhin remains under investigation for inciting the armed rebellion. the entire episode raises questions whether vladimir putin is losing his decades-long grip on power. cnn s nic robertson joins me n